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DESCRIPTIVE KEY 

By W1LLIA.M M. Awl, M. D. 



The grand design of the table is to so condense and 
arrange the genealogies and events of primitive sacred 
history, as to present at once to tlie eye, a complete 
Line of Traditions, whereby Moses could have had 
all the facts of the Creation and Fall, ?it fifth-hand, from 
Adam, and an account of the Deluge and life of Abra- 
ham at third-hand— ?i^ will ai^pear from the births, ages 
and deaths of the patriarchs, in the large Square 
Blocks of the columns, marked by the red numbers 
1, 2, 8, 4, 5, and b^^the summary of Oral Traditions— 
printed in red— on the left side of the paper. The five 
blocks are formed by a conspicuous wave-line^ which is 
intended to show the steps and course of the traditions. 

These Genealogical Records, showing how the 
lives of the early patriarchs over-lapped each otlier, and 
spanned with their testimony, the vast period stretching 
from Eden to Horeb, are all from the Bible, and in the 
Chart are represented by the figures placed in the blocks 
formed by said w^ave-line. This prominent and im- 
portant line begins its course at the name of Adam, near 
the top of the table, thence runs directly across the 
upper columns under the names of his descendants, 
until reaching those of Methuselah and Lamech. Here 
it turns immediately dow^n, and, after forming two of the 
five blocks, stops at the deluge, — during which, the 
account is preserved in the Ark by Xoah and Shem. 

After the flood, the Tradition Line is resumed, but 
soon divides into tw^o great branches. One of tliese 
branches descends with the column of Noah — also 



4 DESCRIPTIVE KEY. 

resumed — and ends abruptly at the time of his death, in 
A. M. 2006. The other branch turns off square to the left, 
so as to embrace the generations of Shem, and then 
follows down the long column of this patriarch to the 
close of his life in A. M. 2158, giving off a significant 
branch to the right, about midway down, which passes 
through the lower figures and columns to form the 
other three blocks, and terminates its extensive route 
with Amram, the father of Moses— near the bottom of 
the table. 

But for a more particular examination and study of 
Memoirs, so ancient and important, please Observe: 
1. That the years of the world, from the dawn of crea- 
tion to the death of Moses, are all on the right hand side 
of the table. 2. That the name of each patriarch stands 
at the head of a column, and the last row of figures in 
any column— printed in red — will show how old the 
patriarch was at the time of his death. 3. That the 
births, ages, deaths and events in the lives of these 
venerable personages, are placed in order, and on a line 
with the current years of the w^orld in which any of 
these events may have occurred; and, 4. That these 
remarks apply to all the tabulated facts represented by 
the figures — whether it be the time when any patriarch 
was born; his age in any specified year; the ages of 
others then living; or the period of the world in which 
either of them died. 

Thus, on the first line^ we have the fact that Adam was 
created on the sixth day of Anno Mandi^ One, (1.) The 
figure 1 being in the right hand column containing the 
years of the world, and is the only figure on the line. 
By the second linCy we learn that Adam was 130 years 
old when Seth, his son,-'-' was born; and by the next, or 

-:="^ son in his own likeness,''^ Gen. v. 3.— Grace does not run in 
the blood, but corruption does. A sinner begets a sinner, but a 
saint does not beget a saint.— Henry. , 



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third linej we see that the bh^th of Enos, Adam's grand- 
son, took place when Seth, his father, was 105 years old. 
The age of Adam, and the time of the world having 
then extended to the year 285, as is found by adding 
these two numbers (130 and 105) together. And so on 
with the other facts and events in the eight generations 
of Adam's descendants down to the flood; as, also, 
subsequently with the post-diluvians, to the end of this 
account — showing ivho ivere eotemporaries ; ivhat time 
their ages ran parallel; and how they could have held, 
intercourse with one another^ both before and after the 
deluge. 

Of the antediluvians, Observe: That their ages are 
all methodically set on the lines, side by side, in order 
to exhibit the cotemporaneous relation of these primi- 
tive men, each with the other, and along with the 
advancing age of Adam to the date of his death, in 
Anno Mundi 930. At which time, Seth, it will be seen, 
w^as 800 years old; Enos, 695; Cainan, 605; Mahalaleel, 
535: Jared, 470; 'Knooh^ tcho was translated ^"^ ?>0^'^ Me- 
thuselah, 243; and Lamech, 56. Observe, also, that 
Adam's death w^as the first natural departure of life that 
is recorded; thus the solemn formula ^^and he died^^'' 
which has since been so constantly repeated, began with 
the great progenitor of our race. After Adam's death 
the ages of Methuselah and Lamech, his cotemporaries, 
are continued. We next come to the birth of Noah, in 
A. M. 1056, when Methuselah was 369 years old and 
Lamech 182. From this point Noah also became a 

-•'Moses was granted a similar privilege— as his burial by God 
himself in an unknown grave was piobably followed by an 
almost immediate resurrection, as he appeared in the glory of 
the resurrection body on the Mount of Transfiguration, (Deut. 
xxxiv. 6; Matt. xvii. 3.) The privilege of translation was also 
granted to Elijah, the prophet— that so in each of the Dispensa- 
tions, the Patriarchal, the Levitical, and the Prophetical, there 
might be a lively type and example of the future state. — Jacobus 



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cotemporary, and the ages of the three patriarchs are 
then given, at different periods, until 8hem is born in 
A. M. 1558, when he, too, was added to tlie memorable 
list of antediluvians; so that on the line following, we 
have the ages of Methuselah, Lamech, Noah and Shem, 
all of whom lived at the same time, viz: in A. M. 1651, 
the year in w^hich Lamech died, being 777 years old— 
five years before the flood. The account closes with the 
death of Methuselah — one year before the flood — at the 
wonderful age of 969 years, by whicli time Noah was in 
his six hundredth year, and Shem in his ninety-eighth 
year--i. e., in Anno Mundi 1656 — as seen in the Chart. 

The date, and the extent of the deluge, are points of 
interest, and the account has been carefully considered. 
It will be found on the left side of the table — printed in 
red— with ever^^ day and event in the history completely 
arranged and exactly stated. The dates are all car3fully 
taken from the book of Genesis, and appear to confirm 
the opinion, that the original or antediluvian year con- 
sisted of 360 days; ?', e., eleven months of 30 days each 
and the twelfth^ or last month of ^b days. Noah was in 
his six hundredth year when ''the fountains of the great 
deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were 
opened," as shown in the preceding paragraph, and 
also by the following years, viz: 1, 120 and 479— seen in 
the long column on the right — which make 600. The 
flood began on the 17th day of the second month, in the 
current year of the world 1656, and ended on the 27th 
day of the second month in the succeeding year, 1657. 
Its duration v as, therefore, just one solar year and ten 
days, which year is carried over to others in said long 
column, and the column being added up, makes 2008 — 
the year of Abram's birth. The Lord having shut 
Noah in the Ark, (Gen. vii. 16,) and all light being 
received through the top of the vessel, the patriarch 
and his family were not only safe from the destructive 



DESCPvIPTIYE KEY. 7 

element without, but were spared the sight and entrea- 
ties of their perishing fellow-men. ISTo further remarks 
seem required in respect to this universal calamity, as 
the description in the Chart is sufficiently clear and full 
to explain itself. Before dismissing the subject, how- 
ever, we ask special attention to the phrase ^' other seven 
days ''—found in Genesis viii. 10— for it, in all probability, 
indicates the observance of the Hoey Sabbath during 
the entire x^re valence of the mighty waters. 

After the flood, Noah, at the command of God, came 
forth of the Ark, with every living thing that was with 
him. His first act was to erect an Aetar* unto the 
Lord, and to offer '•^burnt offerings^^ thereon, to exhibit 
his gratitude for the marvelous preservation of himself 
and family. The Lore was pleased with the ^^ sweet 
smelling savor ^^^ and established with Noah and bis 
sons the Covenant of the Rainbow. And now, at 
this transition point, succeeding the antediluvian his- 
tory, please notice a positive law for the jpreservation 
of human life— An Ordinance from God, as follow^s: 
^^ Whoso sheddeth r)ian^s blood by man shall his blood be 
shed; for in the image of God ^niade he man.''^ 

We come now to the famous Tower of Babee. It 
Tvas made of brick, and put up in a plain of Shinar, 
on the bank of the river Euphrates, an edifice that was 
to reach unto the clouds, to make for men a name in 
the earth — or to help them rule the word. This vain 
effort was commenced about 120 years after the deluge, 
in A. M. 1776. Shem, Arphaxad, Salah, Eber and the 
venerable Noah were all then living, as the Chart at once 

-The Altar is first mentioned in Genesis viii. 20 It seems to be 
introduced as something with which Noah and his family were 
familiar ; and was doubtless used by our first parents, who must 
have received the true idea of sacrifice from Divine Appoint- 
ment; for it was by faith that "Abel offered unto God a more 
excellent sacrifice." Heb. xi. 4. 



8 DESCRIPTIVE KEY. 

exhibits, and we see their ages in the different columns 
before us. For the attempt to build this heathen tower 
or fortress, the language of the whole earth was con- 
founded, and the people were scattered. But under the 
Gospel, on the day of Pentecost, ^''devout men out of 
every nation under heaven^^^ heard the Apostles speak in 
their own tongue^ wherein they were born. 

The Bikth of Abram will next claim attention. It 
was in the year of the world A. M. 2008. This import- 
ant fact is ascertained by adding up the figures in the 
long column on the left of the tower (right of the 
account of the flood) as already shown. The patriarch 
Shem was, at that time, 450 years of age; and here a 
variety of facts present themselves for consideration, in 
connection with the lives of these two prominent men. 
We shall allude to some of them. Observe: 1. That 
Shem — whose birth dates almost a century before the 
flood— was living when Abram was born. 2. That he 
was also living 70 years thereafter, when that distin- 
guished man received the ^^ call of God, ^^ 3. That he 
was one of four cotemporaries to both these events. 

4. That Shem was not only a cotemporary with Abra- 
ham to this extent, but that he also so continued to 
A. M. 2108, when Isaac, the promised son, was born. 

5. And when Abraham, by command of God, proceeded 
to Mt. Moriah, to ^^ offer up''^ his son Isaac, Shem was 
still alive, and lived on for another quarter of a century 
besides, to A. M. 2158. So that Shem {who had ^Hhe 
blessing j^^ Gen. ix. 2Q^) was able to tell his cotemporary 
Abraham all the facts in primitive history, he, him- 
self, had received from Methuselah and Lamech prior 
to the flood! Of Shem's honored line, moreover, was 
the Blessed Messiah born. And when this good man 
had beheld the developments of half a dozen centuries, 
and was at last ''gathered to his people,^' Isaac was 50 
years old; Eber or Heber was 435 years old; and Abra- 
ham, "the father of the faithful,'^ was 150 years old. 



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Facts i.ike these must soon being us to an 
Exposition of the Five Steps, or Fifth Hand, 
AT WHICH Moses could have received ale the 
Traditions mentioned. Adam, it will be observed, 
was outlived by three persons in the eight generations 
of his descendants, viz: by JSToah, aged 950 years; by 
Jared, aged 962 3' ears; and by Methuselah, aged 969 
years. Noah, the first named, whose birth was so late 
as A. M. 1056, was nevertheless cotemporary with all of 
these descendants but two, viz: Seth, wiio died in 1042, 
(fourteen years before Noah was born,) and Enoch, who 
was translated in 987, w^hen 365 years old, oftei- living 
just a year of years. The life of Noah was, moreover, 
extended to the year A. M. 2006, or to within two years 
of the birth of Abraham. 

As Noah, therefore, lived for such a length of time, 
and with so many of the early patriarchs, not only 
before the flood, — but was also cotemporary with Shem, 
Arphaxad, Salah and Eber, for a number of years after- 
wards, — with what ripe experience and knowledge 
would this ^''just man '^ be able to speak to them of past 
events, including the judgments and mercies of God: 
and, if necessary, could confirm, correct, or explain 
everything his son Shem might state — thus, the more 
perfectly qualifying him, and them, for imparting in- 
formation to succeeding generations. Now, — 

At this juncture, let the reader pause and consider 
for a moment, with what interest and veneration the 
faithful Abraham must have listened to these four en- 
lightened men, and especially to the patriarch Shem, 
who not only passed through the deluge with Noah, and 
enjoyed the confidence and instruction of such a father, 
but had himself also seen and heard both Lamech and 
Methuselah, the cotemporaries of Adam. On all these 
points the tabular statistics are plain and explicit. See, 
in this connection, the figures of the square blocks, 
numbered 1 and 2, where we have the first and second 



10 DESCRIPTIVE KEY. 

steps in the great line of traditions^ extending from the 
creation to tlie deluge, or 1656 years. 

But further: the patriarch Shem died in A. M. 2158, 
at tlie age of 600 years. Isaac was then 50 years old, 
Abraham 150 and Eber 435— as already stated. Here we 
ask attention to block number 3, in which we perceive 
that the great patriarchs, Eber, Abraham and Isaac, 
must have been intimate w^ith Shem; and this will 
make the third step in the line of traditions — or the close 
thereof. Again: Isaac was born when Abraham, his 
father, was 100 years old. He was 25 years of age, 
(according to most authors, especially Josephus,) at the 
time he was ^''offered up ^'> on Mt. Moriah, and he died 
at the age of 180 years. Jacob, his son, was then 120 
years old; Levi, his grandson, (of luhose tribe came the 
priesthood^) was 33 years old, and Joseph 29 years old — 
as seen in block number 4, where the fourth step is fully 
presented^ viz : in A. M. 2288. 

Levi, grandson of Isaac, died at the age of 137 years, 
or in A. M. 2392. Amram, the father of Moses, w^as 
then 40 years old, and Kohatii, his grandfather, 112 
years old, as will be found in block number 5. This 
gives the fifth and last step in the line of traditions^ by 
which the great law-giver and prophet of the Loud 
could have obtained a full account of the Creation and 
Fall, at fifth hand from Adam; and the history of the 
Deluge and of the Covenant at third hand;— embracing 
a period overstretching five and twenty centuries, and 
disclosing a range of prophetic types, which only find 
their termination in Christ. 

Of all the venerated personages mentioned, before and 
after the deluge, the character of no one is more elevated 
and remarkable than that of Abraham, '^ the friend of 
God." Born of a family in v/hich there was idolatry, 
and probably living in the midst of pagan rites, (Josh, 
xxiv. 2, 3, 14, 15,) Abram, by divine favor, was early 
convinced of the vanity and sin of this impure worship, 



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and accompanied by his father (who doubtless renounced 
idols) left the land of his nativity to go to the place 
whither the Lord had called him. ^' Distinguished by 
his integrity, generosity, and hospitality, he was most of 
all remarkable for his simple and unwavering faith, a 
faith that obeyed without hesitation or delay, and re- 
coiled not from the most fearful trial ever imposed upon 
man, so that he is justly styled ^ the father of the 
faithful,' that is, of believers." 

The Table, it may be proper to add, w^as made, not 
by copying from known Chronologers, and especially 
from Usher, w^hose reckoning is commonly adopted — 
though it turns out that the figures very nearly agree — 
but making use of our present English Bible, which " by 
the unanimous voice of the most competent judges,'^ 
says Prof. Bush, '4s ranked among the very best trans- 
lations of this or any other book in the world; " and, 
taking nothing for granted, the author has laboriously 
worked out all the facts for himself. And whilst but little 
may be presented that is new except, perhaps, in the 
clearness and originality of the plan, can freely say that 
should he differ from others who have used the Hebrew 
version, or translation thereof, it must be from a differ- 
ence in the reading and judgment formed on the mean- 
ing of these early records. His profound acknowledg- 
ments are however due, and most cheerfully rendered, 
to the learned authors — Jacobus and Bush — for the 
assistance derived from their valuable notes on Genesis. 

And finally, w^e express the hox)e, that no reader 
will fail to notice the interesting fact, plainly brought 
out in the table, and so well referred to by Professor 
Jacobus, viz: ''That Eber, or Heber, cotemporary with 
Shem, was the last of the long-lived patriarchs (aged 
464 years) who handed down the traditions to Abraham, 
after which human life was shortened by more than 
one-half, as there was henceforward a system of Divine 
revelations that would supersede the oral traditions. '^ 



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nVote. — Two genealogical tables ot Adam^s descend- 
ants are given in Genesis. (Chapters iv. and v.) One of 
these is of Cain and his family, which is quite brief. 
The other, and more complete one, is in the line of 
Seth. The names found in these two lines are seem- 
ingly those of the first-born sons, through whom the 
genealogies of Scripture are commonly reckoned. Adam 
had, doubtless, many sons and daughters (Gen. v. 4) 
besides those mentioned. The very fear expressed by 
Cain — ^^That every one that findeth me shall slay me,'' — 
implies a considerable population then irtthe earth. In 
the first of these lines (Cain's) there is pictured a 
state of primitive civilization unsanctified by religious 
truth. In the other, a life of simplicity and trust is 
presented, w^hich is all told in the brief clause, —'•'•Then 
began men to call upon the name of the Lord.^^ 

Of Cain and his line there are a few points that may 
be considered, and but a few. We notice: 1. The 
similarity of the names in both lines. Seth, the 
younger brother, having apparently adopted those of 
Cain. They seem like family names, though the two 
series are diflTerently arranged— some names being left 
out. 2. Another and more significant point, is the 
omission of all ages in the line of Cain. Not an age of 
a single Cainite is recorded; not even how old when 
they begat sons, (as in the genealogy of the Sethites.) 
The age of the ''fugitive" himself is never given; nor 
is there a word mentioned as to when, how, or where 
anyone of them died. On the contrary, the whole race 
is disposed of, as of little account, — 

Though Cain is said to have built a city, and his 
progeny seem to have been the inventors of the social 
arts and pleasures of life. Jabad, for instance, ''w^as 
the father of such as dw^ell in tents," — i. e., he began the 
unsettled, roving, nomadic life, still common to the 
Bedouin Arabs. Jubad, his brother, became famous as 



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the originator of musical instruments; and TubaIj 
Cain, — probably the Vulcan of Mythology — was ^'the 
instructor of every artificer in brass and iron; '^ whilst 
Lamech, their father, though a boaster, seems to have 
had a turn for poetry. •' But they were all secular and 
earthly in their pursuits, the climax of these develop- 
ments having been reached in the conduct of Lamech, 
the bigamist and murderer. And thus ends the entire 
record of this line and of its unhappy head. 

The sacred historian was more concerned in giving 
a full account of the better line of Seth, from which 
the promised seed should come. For the names of the 
Sethites are not only given, ''but how old they were 
when favored with a son, how long they lived after, 
and what was the sum of their age; '^ and it is by these 
facts that we have our knowledge of the years of the 
w^orld. 

We append a synopsis, or tabular statement, of the 
generations of Adam's descendants, with the meaning 
of some of the names, in the regular order of both these 
primitive branches of the human family — extending to 
and including the tenth generation in the hopeful line of 
Seth, and reaching the seventh of him, to whom the 
Lord said, — ^''The voice of thy brother'' s blood crieth 
unto me from the ground."^^ 

'•'•His address has the parallelism and other marks of Hebrew 
poetry, and is the only scrap of verse we have from life before 
the flood. It has been thus rendered by Kitto: 

"Adah and Zillah, hear my voice! 
Wives of Lamech, receive my speech! 
If I slew a man to my wounding. 
And a young man to my hurt; 
If Cain was avenged seven times, 
Then Lamech seventy times seven." 



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TESTIMONIALS 



The Table has been examined and approved by the religious 
and secular press, by the clergy of various denominations, and 
by professsors and other eminent men in almost everj^ part of the 
country. We give the following : 

[From the Netv York Observer.] 
Dr. "W11.1.1AM M. Awl, of Columbus, Ohio, has made a " Chro- 
nological Table from Adam to Moses," for the use of Bible Classes 
Teachers, Students, and others who are engaged in Scripture 
labors. The aim of the author has been to condense and arrange 
the genealogies and events of primitive sacred history in a con- 
venient and attractive form, by placing the births, ages, deaths, 
and events in the lives of the patriarchs in order and on a line 
with the years of the world. The days of the Flood have also 
been carefully considered and arranged in this Chart, and the in- 
formation is gathered and arranged upon a sheet well adapted to 
be framed and hung in the Sabbath School room. 

From Prof. Melancthon W. Jacobus, D. D., of the Western Pennsylvania 
Theological Seminary, Allegheny City. 

William M. Awl, M. D., of Columbus, Ohio, has worked out 
and presented in tabular form the most prominent facts of chro- 
nology, from the creation to the exodus, in which he shows at a 
glance how the traditions of the Creation and Fall could be handed 
down so that Moses could receive them at fifth hand from Adam, 
and the facts of the Covenant and the Deluge at third hand. 
Adam is shown to have been cotemporary with eight generations 
of his descendants and Shem cotemporary with Methuselah and 
Lamech, both of whom were cotemporary with Adam; so that 
this vast period, from the Creation to the Flood, is spanned by two 
hands, stretching over sixteen and a half centuries. 

The notices of persons and events, in this most interesting and 
important period, are so condensed, and are presented in such 
admirable and intelligible form, that every student of Scripture 
will value it for its well tabulated facts, and it will be highly 
useful in the minister's study, and in the Sabbath School, as 
^^multum in parvo.^^ He further shows the interesting fact that 
Heber, cotemporary with Shem, was the last of the long lived 
patriarchs, who handed down the traditions to Abraham, after 
which human life was shortened by more than one-half, as there 
was henceforth a system of Divine, revelations that would super- 
sede the oral traditions. The Chart is one of great interest and 
value for all Bible readers. 



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From Rev. J. H. Vincent, D. Z>., Editor of the M. E, Sunday School 
Journal, New York. 

CHRONOiiOGiCAii Chaet.— While in Columbus, Ohio, we were 

shown by Dr. Wm. M. Awl of that city a most excellent table of 

the patriarchal genealogies which he has published, with the 

special view of exhibiting the line of oral tradition from Adam to 

Moses, showing how the lives of the patriarchs over-lapped each 

other, bridging over with but four or five piers of direct testimony 

the two thousand years and more between Eden and Horeb. It is 

an exceedingly interesting and valuable Chart. 

From the Presbyterian. 
CHRONoiiOGiCAii TABLE.— We have received a "Chronological 
Table from Adam to Moses," which has been arranged by 
William M. Awl, M. D., of Columbus, Ohio. We have studied 
this Table with real interest, and thank the compiler for his pains 
talking labor. The great fact which is made to appear, and so 
plainly that every one can see it, is, that Moses could have all the 
facts of the Creation and Eall at fifth hand from Adam, and the 
history of Abraham and the Deluge at third hand. This is proven 
by parallel tables, in which it is shown who were cotemporaries, 
and how long their lives ran parallel with each other. The study 
of such a Chart will be useful to every reader of the Bible. 

From Rev. J. W. Wiley, D.D., Editor of Ladies^ Repository, Cincinnati. 
Valuable Chart.— We have had on our table for some weeks, 
an ingenious and valuable Chart of the earliest Biblical history 
and times, prepared by William M. Awl, M. D., of Columbus, 
Ohio. In this Chart, the author " has worked out and presented 
in tabular form, the most prominent facts of chronology, from the 
Creation to the exodus." ••' "• ■•' ■•' " The notices of persons and 
events in this most interesting and iihportant period, are so con- 
densed, and presented in such admirable and intelligible form, 
that every student of Scripture will value it for its well tabulated 
facts." - - ''V "■ ■'' '•' We understand that our agents, Messrs. 
Hitchcock & Walden, are engaging for the sale of this excellent 
Chart, and it maybe ordered through them. 

From the Herald and Presbyter. 
Valuable Chart. -We have examined a new Chart of Biblical 
chronology, which we regard a very valuable contribution to the 
study of the Bible from the Creation to the Deluge. 
From the Ohio State Journal, Columbus, 
The notice of the Chart is from the pen of Prof. Jacobus, and 
is a high endorsement of a worthy work. 



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